. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . s, a trifle shorter than the width of the door,so that when the boards are cut out they will remanin the form of a door. The roof for a circular silomay be either conical or of the ordinary form. Theconical roof is more difficult to construct, and while itlooks better it is in reality of no great advantage. The size of the silo will depend
. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . s, a trifle shorter than the width of the door,so that when the boards are cut out they will remanin the form of a door. The roof for a circular silomay be either conical or of the ordinary form. Theconical roof is more difficult to construct, and while itlooks better it is in reality of no great advantage. The size of the silo will depend largely upon thenumber of animals to be fed. It is not desirable tohave a silo less than twenty-four feet deep and sixteenfeet in diameter. A silo of that capacity will holdapproximately eighty-seven tons. If the silo is thirtyfeet deep and sixteen feet in diameter, it will hold onehundred and nineteen tons; if thirty feet deep andtwenty-four feet in diameter it will hold two hundredand sixty-nine tons. A cow consumes about fortypounds of silage per day, and estimating that she is 132 THE BOOK OF CORN to be fed two hundred days, she will consume fourtons. Consequently for twenty-five cows one hundredtons must be provided. A good corn crop will yield. **. -• • •■
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